[maemo-users] modest persistence

[From: Dirk-Jan.Binnema at nokia.com]

Hi Paolo, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org 
> [mailto:maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Paolo Casarini
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:09
> To: maemo-users at maemo.org
> Subject: modest persistence
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   I tried modest (great!)... is there a way to move the persistence
> directory where account's cache and headers are stored? i.e. on the
> memory cards?

Not without changing the source code and recompiling, no. (the change
isn't too hard, search for the places where MODEST_DIR is used).

Anything particular reason you want to have your ~/.modest elsewhere?
 
> TIA,
>   Paolo.
> P.S. a workaround could be create a symbolic link on the fs, but I
> think it's not the better way to do this.

...and symlinks would work here (different device), but bind mounts
could,
as Igor suggested.


Best wishes,
Dirk.